Cal Poly taking another look at their ‘Board of Inquisition’
Maybe not every minor problem Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has with students, faculty or staff has to end up in Federal Court. I would like to hope that folks can learn from their mistakes, take advice from those who wish to make Cal Poly a better place and , hopefully, avoid stepping into it the next time.
Recently, I blogged about what many have called “Cal Poly’s Inquisition Board” to ferret out Professors and students who were deemed not “politically correct.” With the sweet sounding name of ‘Care-net’, Cal Poly was at the threshold of setting up a system whereby students and faculty would be held accountable to anonymous accusations and standards not based on law, but pernicious whim. IMHO, this would be a virtual system outside of union contracts, Cal Poly code of conduct standards and common sense… as well as the law.
F.I.R.E. ( the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) recognized immediately the arena into which Cal Poly was entering and wrote a stern and forceful letter in defense of faculty and students at Cal Poly. The result: Cal Poly is reevaluating the Care-net program.
Here is F.I.R.E.’s latest statement!
I was able to find two cached pages of the ill fated Care-Net that are worth reading.
The only question that remains for those of us with decades of experience in dealing with Cal Poly: Will Cal Poly walk away from initiating a “Board of Inquisition”… or will they work harder to not be discovered?
In any event,there are a lot of folks watching to see the next steps Cal Poly administration takes … thanks to F.I.R.E.
Roger Freberg
